Altuzarra’s Lace-Up Boots Scream Moulin Rouge!

For his sophisticated fall collection, Joseph Altuzarra may have cited as references eighteenth-century dandies (witness the Prince of Wales checks) and Truman Capote’s society swans (pastels and fur). But all we could think about when we saw those slender-heeled, studded lace-up boots—with their saucy, Frenchy frills of lace peeping out—was the Moulin Rouge. Here, great moments in the life of the laced boot, from the dance halls of fin-de-siècle Paris to the Manhattan high life circa 2015.​